Long Way Up

Long Way Up is a standalone Limited Documentary Series designed as a completed, finite historical narrative. Following the precedent set by its predecessors in 2004 and 2007, this production was conceived as a singular, logistically complex expedition with a defined geographic start and end point. The narrative follows Ewan McGregor and Charley Boorman as they traverse 13,000 miles from the tip of South America to Los Angeles, focusing on the specific challenge of using prototype electric motorcycles.

The scale of the production involved over 100 days of travel across thirteen countries, requiring a dedicated support crew and specialized charging infrastructure to accommodate the experimental nature of the vehicles. Because the series documents a specific, time-bound physical journey rather than an ongoing episodic format, the story concluded naturally once the protagonists reached their final destination. This finite structure ensures the series serves as a complete historical record of a specific technological and personal milestone in the travel history of the participants.